5 Things I LOVED in K-pop: 5/7 - 5/13

And we’re back with another 5 Things to love about K-pop and a special belated “Happy Mothers’ Day” to all the moms out there. The last week in K-pop we had a “Beautiful Night” with Ulala Session and Park Han-byul, everyone seems to want to be a “Bad Boy” as Mighty Mouth makes another comeback featuring Soya, A Pink wants to be heard with “Hush,” PSYand BtoB held special events for fathers on Parents’ Day, Block B is getting back into “Action,” Kim Jong-min‘s heart goes “Pit-a-Pat,” IU sings about “Every End of the Day,” INFINITE released “Only Tears” in anticipation of their comeback, Hello Venussaid “hello” to K-pop idoldom, Big Bang urges you to “Never Stop Dreaming,” 2NE1 wants you to make some “Thumb Noise” with Intel Korea,JYJ‘s Junsudoesn’t like love for the Rooftop Prince‘s OST and released his solo album and its title track “Tarantallegra.” With only four episodes left, The Rooftop Prince‘s story has hit it’s peak and I’ve just begun watching Queen Inhyun’s Man–soo good, it’s a must see. If you’re not up to date on your K-pop, turn back now because spoilers are ahead. These are the 5 Things that happened in K-pop last week that I think were a little more special than the rest.

5. Teen Top getting some Honey

The songs of JYP were being featured on the latest episode of Immortal Song 2. While Lyn did a great version of miss A‘s “Good Girl Bad Girl,” 4Men‘s Shin Yong-jae did a beautiful version of 2AM‘s”This Song,” and Ali did a sexy “I Have a Girlfriend” it was Niel, C.A.P., and Chang-jo of Teen Top that impressed me with their performance of “Honey.”

4. SNSD Love Potion

SNSD‘s Hyoyeon and her partner Kim Hyung-suk performed the jive to “Love Potion No. 9” on the last episode of Dancing with the Stars Korea, Season 2. I think they did a pretty good job although maybe Hyoyeon’s footwork wasn’t the cleanest, but the jive is one of the hardest dances–according to what knowledge I’ve gained through watching the US version of Dancing with the Stars. And seriously, Hyoyeon is the cutest thing– always so bubbly and personable. Their score of 21 was far from bad and was actually the second highest of the night, the judges on Korea’s Dancing with the Stars are not afraid of handing out the 5s and a 4 here and there.

3. SHINee bopping on Idol Weekly

In part 2 of SHINee‘s visit to the variety show Idol Weekly hosted by Jung Hyung-don and rapper Defconn, Minho got felt up by Jung Hyung-don because of his two adam apples and the boys challenge the MCs to a bouncing ball race. It wasn’t anything spectacular, but I thought it was funny and that it showcased the boys personalities: Onew got off to a strong yet slightly dirty start, Taemin gets played around with because he really is too pretty for his own good, Jonghyun is a straight shooter and gets down to business, Minho disappoints because his competitiveness made him take on Hyung-don and Defconn instead of just bouncing his way along which was just a waste of time–other than the glimpse of his hot pink underwear and pec cleavage, and Key… plays by his own rules.

2. The competition is fierce on Top Band Season 2

It was the second episode of Korea’s Top band Season 2, where judges Kim Kyung-ho, Yoo Young-suk, Shin Dae-chul, and Kim Do-gyun had the job of picking through the bands to get their finalists. It’s an awesome show that highlights some of the great talent out there in the Korean music industry other than your every day K-pop idols. Here is one of the most awesome rounds where all three bands were solid making the choice a difficult one for the judges.

1. There’s nothing like rotten cookies

When it comes to ruining all your K-drama warm and fuzzies. Fans of The King 2 Hearts went from the highs of the Unified Korean team barely beating the US and then going on to place 4th overall in the WOC and Lee Jae-shin finding her courage again and confessing to Eun Shi-kyungto Lee Jae-ha finding out about Secretary Eun‘s betrayal and the horrors of the Queen Mother and Kim Hang-ah being kidnapped by rotten cookies, Eun Shi-kyung‘s name for Kim Bong-gu/John Mayer on his phone. Bong-gu tells Jae-ha to abdicate or else and mom is being threatened to be tortured by the equally psycho rotten cookies sidekick, Bon Bon. The writer’s of The King 2 Hearts are great at keeping the story line moving while also sending fans on an emotional rollercoaster. I’m hoping they’re writing in a huge glass of milk… better to drown rotten cookies with. Here’s a great clip from episode 16 when the Queen Mother overcomes her fears and gives Bong-gu what he deserves after trying to get her to sympathize with his actions.

Definitely one of my top 5 this week is YG’s YouTube post of rel=”nofollow”>Who’s That Girl? where the 5th member of their new girl group is featured. I think I’ve watched that video at least once every day since it got posted a few days ago.

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i couldn’t stop watching her too … can’t wait for the new girl group!!

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No. Once a day is not enough for that video. In fact, imma watch it again now. lol

“Fans of The King 2 Hearts went from the highs of the Unified Korean team barely beating the US and then going on to place 4th overall in the WOC”

Being an amateur military historian and one who always reads up about military stuff, that is one of the reasons why I don’t watch The King 2 Hearts. North Korea’s special ops are heavily reliant on numbers (some believe that the number is high as 200,000 – making it the largest SF force), much like the regular KPA, not to mention they’re probably not even very well-equipped.

NK SF probably won’t even be able to stand against the Russian GRU Spetsnaz and FSB Alfa Group, UK’s SAS and SBS, Germany’s KSK and GSG-9, Israel’s Shayetet 13, New Zealand’s SAS, Australia’s SASR in real life – all these special forces units have extensive combat experience and are highly regarded around the world, as well as the US Green Berets, Delta Force and Navy SEALs and to some extent, the ROK Navy’s UDTs.

Honestly, I really don’t understand why virtually every drama or movie regarding the ties between the 2 Koreas always seemingly portrays the North’s army as ‘dedicated’ or fierce fighting machines. I understand it may be for entertainment purposes but South Koreans need to realize the fact that the DPRK’s conventional capabilities is mostly a joke, minus their artillery and missiles that would devastate Seoul – and even those are within range of the ROK’s artillery, air power, cruise and ballistic missiles – not to mention the Norks aren’t really great at maintaining their equipment. Don’t even get me started with their air force and navy.

Yeah, I was late to the bandwagon because I didn’t have the time to watch it and I was kind of thinking “what? Is this like another Rooftop Prince?” But I really like Yoo In-na and Ji hyun-woo so I tried it out recently and am now addicted!

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I was never fully on the Rooftop Prince bandwagon and now with its script hopelessly fraying at the seams, I see that my fears for the drama was well founded. The QIM OTP just have such an unexpected but refreshing chemistry, don’t they? And what’s with tvN’s awesome run of dramas this year?! Seriously, they’ve been hitting it out of the park series after series. Ramyun Shop, then the totally cracktastic SUFBB, and now this? I’d like to see MBC,KBS,SBS offer up such a flawless selection.

King 2 heart is deff top of my list the story is just brilliant and so well written.

and although completely unrelavent, Fashion King is annoying me so much, I don’t know why I’ve stuck out for so long, the plot is just terrible, there isn’t really a plot to it, its just frustrating! which is sad as I really like the 2 main actors…yea I just needed some place to rant out my frustration to that drama…